The Transmode virus is used by members of the Technarchy to turn other beings into techno-organic beings. The Technarchy can then feed upon the infected beings and drain their energy (visible as lights flowing through the infected creature). Once the energy has been drained, all that remains of their prey are brittle statues. If an infected creature is not drained of its energy, it becomes a Phalanx. Transmode-infected creatures are usually black and yellow, although they can change their color.
The Transmode Virus is highly virulent. It can transmit via skin contact (though a Technarch can prevent transmission) and will transform a creature into a techno-organic creature within seconds. Only mutants have some resistance to the virus. For instance, Doug Ramsey was infected with the virus, but his infection only progressed very slowly and he was unaware he had been infected. This may have been caused by either his own mutant facility with computer code preventing the virus from infecting him at the usual rate, or a side-effect of the fact he was not infected in the usual manner, but had picked it up after repeatedly fusing his body and genetic code with that of the Technarch Warlock.
An infected creature also gains the ability to shapeshift. They can quickly restore themselves when damaged and can interface directly with machinery. While Technarchs feed by draining other techno-organic beings, Phalanxes have the ability to directly absorb matter (both organic and inorganic).
The Phalanx also experience a loss of individuality, forming a hive mind with other Phalanx and the need to contact other techno-organic life (a safety precaution created by the Technarchy, which considers the Phalanx to be a plague and which exterminates them whenever it discovers them).
Many mutants are soon apparently revived by a modified version of the virus in the Necrosha crossover by Selene and Eli Bard. Those mutants include Banshee, Caliban, Pyro, Cypher and the Hellions, eventually culminating in Bard using the virus to resurrect the entire deceased mutant populace of Genosha.
Known carriers
Every member of the Technarchy, including Warlock and his father Magus.
Every member of the Phalanx, including Steven Lang and Cameron Hodge.
Many demons of Limbo including S'ym and N'Astirh. The infection was started by Magus, who was hunting his son.
Cable, previously infected with Apocalypse's variant, has cured himself. Since Cable and Deadpool #12, Cable lives in symbiosis with an infant Phalanx.
Hope, a young girl who is friends with Warlock. While the techno-organic virus did not affect her, she had no control over the virus and would infect others by touch. Hope could even infect inorganic material, something the Transmode Virus is usually incapable of doing.
Paradigm, a mutant with technokinesis, who was infected by the Phalanx. He is a member of the third group of Hellions.
Donald Pierce, Leper Queen, Cameron Hodge, Steven Lang, Bolivar Trask, Graydon Creed and William Stryker; infected by an offspring of Magus whose programming was rewritten by Bastion.
Eli Bard, an immortal vampire-like mutate who absorbed the virus from an offspring of Magus.
Thunderbird and his entire ancestral Apache tribe, resurrected and infected by Eli Bard.
Caliban, resurrected and infected by Eli Bard, used by Selene to detect and locate other deceased mutants to resurrect.
Pyro, Thunderbird, Shinobi Shaw, Destiny, the original Hellions, Berzerker, Stonewall, Hemingway, Banshee, Cypher, Darkstar, Rusty Collins, Risque, Super Sabre, Tower, Hurricane, Spyne, Deadbolt, Feral, Spoor, Katu, Rem-Ram, Unus, Static, Barnacle, Fabian Cortez, Marco Delgado, Mellencamp, Siena Blaze, Skin, Synch, Bolt and Negasonic Teenage Warhead; resurrected and infected by Selene in her attempt to become a god during the storyline Necrosha
The entirety of the deceased mutant population of Genosha resurrected and infected by Selene in her attempt to become a god during the storyline Necrosha
i thought richie was purged of the transmode virus by Warlock (the new mutants one)
also, the transmode virus is a bit different from Henshaws "technopathy"
If you guys are making the case that Henshaw will easily take over Nova through technopathy, why didn't Ultron during Annihilation Conquest do it? He takes over tech, droids, synthezoids, cyborgs, and such all the time. Ultron could have had a powerful host to just phuk shiet up. Nova Prime's Nova force power is not like being a "robot" in which Henshaw will just control him.
In the last issue of Annihilation Conquest, Ultron had a last ditch effort to win the day by finding a new host when he was purged out by Warlock (technarchy) from Adam Warlock. He took over a sentient synthezoid/cyborg called Praxagora. He then took over hundreds of Kree sentries to renew his attack. If Nova Prime is easily taken over by technopaths, he would have chosen him as a host since he was along side Adam Warlock during the battle. He would be a perfect host if he was susceptible. This leads me to believe Cyborg Superman can't just take over Nova Prime.
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